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R. E. ELLIS.

MACHINE FOR TREATING LEAF TOBACCO.

Patented Jan. 19, 1892.

INVENTORY n44 ATTORNEYS Mag WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD E. ELLIS, OF SYRACUSE, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FREDERICK BASTABLE, OF SAME PLACE.

MACH l N E FO R TREATING LEAF-TOBACCO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,246, dated January 19, 1892.

Application filed April 1, 1891. Serial No. 387,205. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD E. ELLIS, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Treatmg Leaf-Tobacco, of which the following,

taken in connection with the accompanying 1drawings, is a full, clear, and exact descrip ion.

This invention relates to a machine designed to crush or cut up the stems in t0- bacco-leaves, so that the stems can be worked with the leaves into cigars.

The invention is a specific improvement of the machine for which I have obtained Letters Patent of the United States No. 339,089, dated March 30, 1886, by which improvement sald machine is rendered more convenient in its operation.

The invention is fully illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side View of the devices for automatically throwing the treated tobacco-leaves from the machine. Fig.3 is a rear View of the upper and lower portions of the machine. Fig. 4: is a vertical transverse section on line :1: 00, Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the spring attachment to the leaf-delivering device of the machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

R represents the roller, which is armed with a circumferential row of cutters a a and has hung on it the annular clearing-band B, which is provided with transverse slots through which the cutters of the top portion of the roller protrude, and R denotes the pressure-roller, which is over the roller R, parallel therewith and in proximity thereto, so as to press against the cutters the stems of the tobacco-leaves which are passed between the two rollers. Said cutters crush or out up the stems of the leaves, and as the treated leaves issue from between the said rollers the clearing-band B pushes the leaves from the cutters. By means of scrapers '6 2', held in contact with the pressure-roller R and band B, the gumming up of said parts is prevented.

All of the aforesaid devices are constructed and operate in the same manner as (Ic scribed in my aforesaid prior patent. In connection with said devices I now employ an improved supporting-frame consisting of the pedestal P, which is formed at its base with the vertical slot 3 and journal-bearings b b at opposite sides of said slot. The upper end of said pedestal terminates with the vertical parallel jaws c c, in which are seated thejour- 6o nal-boxes of the rollers R R The journalboxes of the top roller R ride on springs and receive a downward pressure by set-screws j j, working in screw-threaded eyes in caps attached to the top of the jaws c c. The lower 6 5 ends of said set-screws bear on plates mounted on coil-springs, which are seated upon the boxes of the aforesaid top roller. By means of said set-screws the tension of the springs can be adjusted to impart the desired press ure to the roller R.

For operating the machine by foot-power I journal in the bearings b b a shaft (1, to which is secured the balance-wheel to within the slot 8. Tothe ends of said shaft I attach treadles it, and adjacent to one of said treadles I attach to the shaft a sprocket-wheel C, which by a driving-chain e is connected with a sprocket-wheel 0, attached to the end of the shaft of the cutting-roller R.

f f represent two horizontal arms, which are firmly attached at one end to the pedestal P beneath the cutting-roller B. To the free ends of these arms I connect hangers 70 7a, which carry a tray In. Between the arms ff and pivoted thereto is the lower end of a chute r, to the axis of which is rigidly attached a pulley r, and on the periphery of this pulley is wound one end of a cord orvery light chain h, so that by pulling on said cord or chain the pulley is caused to turn and swing the chute with its upper end over and down toward the tray 70. It is obvious that the pulling ofthe cord or chain may be done at will of the operator; but when it is de- 5 sired to efiect this automatically one end of the cord or chain h is connected to the lower end of a lever h, pivoted to the supporting frame or pedestal I. To the end of the shaft of the cutting-roller R is fastened a suitable 10o cam g, against which the upper end of the lever is held by the action of a coil-spring t, which is connected at one end to the pulley r and at theopposite end to the adjacent armf. Said spring exerts a force on the pulley in opposite direction from that in which the cord is wound on the pulley, thus causing said pulley to draw on the cord or chain 7t and hold the lever 7L in contact with the cam and at the same time hold the chute 'r normally inclined with its upper end to the roller R, as shown. I) uring the rotation of the cutting-roller It the cam g actuates the lever 72, so as to turn the pulley 0" by the draft on the cord or chain It, and the turning of said pulley throws the up per and free end of the chute r away from the roller R and over toward the tray 70', and 1n said movement the said chute throws the treated tobacco-leaf issuing from between the rollers R R over and upon the aforesaid tray, where the treated leaves of tobacco are collected for subsequent use.

n represents a receptacle for the tobaccoleaves to be treated, which receptacle is de tachably connected to the machine by means of a loop 0, attached to the side of the receptacle and receiving through it the free end of an arm 0, attached to the supporting frame or pedestal P, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The tray 70, being likewise detachably connected to the arms ff, which latter are also detachable from the pedestal P, renders the machine compact and convenient for ship ment.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the cutting-roller R, pressure-roller R, and their supportingframe, the chute r, pivoted at its lower end, the pulley r, fixed to the axis of the chute, a spring forcing the chute with upper end toward the cuttii'ig-roller, and a cord wound on the said pulley in opposite direction from that of the force of the spring, and a lever connected to said cord for operating the same, as set forth.

2. In combination with the cutting-roller t, pressure-roller R, and their supportingframe, the arms f f, the chute r, pivoted to said arms, the pulley r on the axis of the chute, a spring connected to the pulley and one of the arms f and holding the chute normally inclined to the cutting-roller, the cam g on the shaft of said roller, the lever h, pivoted to the frameand having one end lying on the cam, and a cord or chain it", connecting the opposite end of the lever to the pulley 1", substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 21st dayof March, 1891.

RICHARD E. ELLIS. [13. s]

lVitnesses:

MARK W. DEWEY, O. L. BENDIXON. 

